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unude the veÂ»Â»tl ; ncn wht-n thr uw'ntt i compliance with this unjust rckulmion k Â» irnr.uteri and oflvrtd thr bund uquirrd the cliee'or may rtfu e to receive it umlhjr his own arbitmry ntiiii4dte,c nipcl the unl â€¢! g of the cargo i'htii thr litws which tt-gu late the list and enjoy ment of out pn.pcity instead of ben e sending and pfi-mcn nt may be at muiubtt ai d unc ertain as ihe whim and 1'eclnrs of an t'xectlt vr officer can ri-nder them what i allow d on one day may be unlavvfitl on the nÂ«x and what i primi'trd to one citizen ni:i under rircnmstanci 1 p'e cisely siniil.tr be refined to ano'her m â– n and trn.p'iiiiom will be presrntid to tin i ffi ecru of government lor indulkint the a ci ty of political hatred and tht lancotirnt pera aonal resentmrnta ; and a petty tyrant ntajr he raised in almost every town to whotr Â«â€¢Â»â€¢ price and malevolence uur rooat imporunt rights m.iy be subjected by the 1 li h article of our declaration pf rights it i declared " that evriy tut j-ct f the commonwealth ou^ht to find Â» certain remedy by hÂ»ving ren.nrse to the laws for ii injuries or wrong whii h he may receive in his per on property or character but i bvthe 10th section of thi la'e act when arf i officer ia tued on account of hia proceeding under it instead of relying on the law ha ' may produce the restrictions and regulation lj pf the president far hi jiutificatiaa mat frm **Â« buttm cmtiw the amrklysm waar pmt diplomat disft*%n t ticfnj t|e ffm^h dtml wight on the mm mmd prizmed a nsuliation on the pre tmg conduct of great-britain ar mtdimttfttter u qeiu armstrcnf the eotimant and concession contained % um forcgring extract ia full as mean ejld oogbt to caxile aa general indignation to tbf same gentleman declaration to m r . tiÂ»avrl|tti h fraar mm mt*v and mint tmtu 7ibb hihs *Â» *â€¢â€¢ ewshieetflen or ttoi con ession will be 19 b forever ail our claims sredre cot capture or injurie sustain under the berlin and milan decrees and a furnish the french with not only pretexta at justification for any future vioutions of ur right it ia not however my present purpose to display the rashness and impolicy not taaacaeat of thi conduct it ia swaenvht to say that in any other govern ment it would cost the officer hit character ajjd employment if not his life it i at present proposed to prove that hi argument aad concession to france u hotly aulousvieil end that prance her elf baa never set up any such pretensions except through the medium of her american tervents before we examine the truth of thi pro crsition it may be useful to consider the rce of the terms used by mr madison the evident object of our sectetary as well in thi letter aa in the late report of the ooamiuec probably furnished by him i la place the injuriea of france and great britain on on tquol footing or even fur ther to a give a darker shade to those of the letter he had just been speaking of the principle of retaliation urged by g eat britain an juttilcation of her orders of mov 1 1 1307 ma then adds that the " french decree tsight en the mate ground be pronounced a retaliation on the preceding conduct of g britain that iato aay that the trench decrees might with equal justice not simply frettstdtd to be hut pronounced a retaliation jo the brillih conduct in still simpler ian ' guagc france can es justly defend her ber a i is alway bett to simplify proposi tion aa be a possible before we proceed t prove the toial falsity of this position we hall remark that even if it had been true tiiat the two decree atand in thi respect in jaws dtliii in equal fault still the circum atutces under which they were respectively * issued ought to have excited ten rime the ' indignation against france as against great britain instead of drawing forth laboured bolocia in favor of the former svrrt with france we had a commer cia.l treaty purchased at an immense rice tae sacrifice of the claim of our r.iti itneto the amount of at least twen ty millions or dollars thi treaty ex fretslj toasxdj this precise form of injury which buonaparte ha adopted this wa be first instance in which we had ever had eny occasion to resort to the stipulations in or favor i and in thi fint instance are they hamelessly and without apology violated : vor doe france pretend a violation on our art to justify the outrage lef the govern ment shew any formal complaint nrvthe part v france prior to the berlin decree ; and without auch complaint no such measure wtfld legally have been resorted to even if 1 other teapects justifiable with great-britain we were not only unit ed by no treaty but we had rejected under fheanoat extraordinary circumstances a con vention which had been agreed to by our own minister and which would have placed our commerce and prosperity on the most mcure footing we had moreover done vary thing o force that government into a tuolaratioe of war and our existing state a the moment of issuing her orders n at least on our tide that of an enemy or one disposed to be an enemy we had inter dicted the entry of her public hips while we admitted those of her enemy ; and we had gone a far a il was thought our people would bear in the system of coercion by jim importation of her manufactures so far then we had no right to expect friendship from that cabinet and of course much less reason to be irritated at any measure she sight adopt of an unfriendly nature sttondlj france not only gave us no no tice prior to the operation of her dectees hut by a policy truly gallican she allured us into her ports by pretending that they should ot operate against us but when she found 4he bad a competent quantity of game with ht ber reach ahe sprang the trap and seized our unwary and deluded feuow-utisuns thi eaisure and loÂ»s must be attributed to the in conceivable blindness or wilful submission 1 four cabinet to the views of france they ajtecud to consider or really believed thi 4w veiled and syren like declaration of france linear they by this conduct as uted to decoy our unhappy cu'imm i and shinned to trow their errort thcjr even at the present moment choose to cenaider tha france ha chmgÂ«<l her views mkw that km intentionally deceived bet great britain far from imitating dif avttvteble perfidy of prance frankly otrfled our go vernment the preceding year that unless re sisted bc should be obliged to retaliate upon france those decree which through ncu tral were aimed at her existence she not only did this but after waiting in vain for the smallest movement on our part when she actually is.ucd her orders she gave the moat ample tint and notice to all neutral to avoid falling in with their purview and eftvct tfurdlj the decrees of franc wer>e without limitation as to extent ; they em braced every dependency and colony of u britain throughout the world but those of great-britain left open to us the extensive colonies of her enemies ; and in short every source of trade which wit essential to our comlort and even prospe rity it has been represented for party purpos e that all this trade is upon the condition of paying her a â€¢' tribute and even the laie committee of congress hav given a color to this aviertion it ii however not true the duties demanded by her add which are fauely called a " tribute are only demanda blc in case we voluntarily go to great-uritain and request a clearance for the continental port she blockades this is mere nominal a mere point of h onor between her 8c france because if great britain permitted you lo go france would not her decrees confis cate your property for the singl crime of having been in a critish port the case therefore c*n never happen ; and she knew well that it never would happen why thap was it imposed i a a point of honor between her and her enemy her enemy said ni neutral shall ever enter the p-.irta of england i will capture and condemn them great britain in reply says no neu tral who has submitted to this usurpation of france shall go thither without fir-t enter ing my ports and i wilt ut the products bound to my enemy which will enhance the price if he chooses to admit it and yet strange to relate this qualification or modi fication ia renrpaeoi jf ~* ~" *Â» tsf our impartial government as more op pressive more iasulting than if it hud been an absolute prohibition ! but i repeat it this is merely a uommm provision ;â€” for it could operate only in ease france should repeal her decree in which case the whole fabrick ia destroyed but it does not apply to the vase commerce of spain portugal sweden the east and wes'.-indies and all the neutral ports of the world fourthly france declare at d'tfranthited forever all american ships which at any time after the decree shall have vi'ited â€¢ bri tish port the efflict of this would be either that a distinct set ot ships must have been kept for the trade of each country or if g britain had not issued her order in the course of four or five years every american ' ship would have been interdicted the trade of france the men who are so ulive to the degradation of a " tribute which never has been and never can be ex icted are not only iasennible to this insult and violation of our ! treaty but our minister openly with the countenance of mr madison ju".ify it aa a mere municipal regulation what are we not entitled by treaty to visit freely the ports of the enemies f france f and are we not e<j'iillv secured in our direct com merce with france ? and can these frvc rights be considered secure while every one of our ships are interdicted an entry nay are tanjtscaitd if they dare to enter any french port ; or if they shall.have visited any british port in a former voyage ? so notice is however taken of thi outrageous part of the decree but groat-britain ha nude no auch ar bitrary disqualifications if you escape the ' vigilance of her frigate and enter your own ports the forfeiture it avoided and the does not auume an imperial authority to disfran chise by standing and permanent laws the whole of your marine lastly the french had no power to en force their blockade that measirve had no colourable justification under the law of na tions it had the character of impotency striving to outstrip malignity they were obliged to resort theralore to cunning to draw us within their fangs and the unhsppy vic tim like the visitor of the lion were seen to cn'er but never to return great-britain on the other hand had the mean of enforcing a strict and rigorous blockade and the very men who brand this blockade as illegal because nominal have the shameless inconsistency of defending the embargo on the ground that not one of our ship would have escaped capture by great-britain ;â€” that if the embargo had never been imposed so wide and effectual would be the operation of the british order no portion of safe commerce would have been left to us strange and inconsistent politicians ! de wilmikcton n c tuesday march 14 1809 the wilmington gazette bums 63 13th year asto the second subject of these petitions ; the danger of an unnecessary and ruinous war with one nation and a destructive alliance with another the comn.itte with the most painful emotions have received but too much ground for this apprehension the puerile suggestion of maintaining a war at the same time against the two great belligerent nations ia too absurd to deserve attention if then the united states are to select their enemy an4 the choice is left the present adminis tration the fear of these petitioners will eventually be realised even if this measure is not seriously intended by our government yet the course of policy pursued by them must if pertuted in soon terminate in such a war the committee here would observe that an examination of the different measures of the twe nations referred to would lead them to elect the other alternative 1 . these measures and acts are before the public some of the most important of them have been so fully displayed and thoroughly con sidered in a late report to one of the homes of this legislature that it would be equally unnecessary and improper to exhibit them anew at his time whatever impressions may have been firlt m te the conduct â€¢! g the committee however being dreply impressed withthr importance of this sulij-ct and anxious if p.>sÂ«ible toatt>rd some tem porary alleviation to ilie publje distresses ask leave to reserve this object of their commit iÂ«n for further consideration report if tht commmet 9 the legislators of mdssjchtrisrrt coiiliucd from oar liq ] the prople of this state have hern most severely disappointed in thii expectation the commerce of the country bÂ«t furnished almost the whole revenue of the u states has given vigor k energy to the government has encouraged universal industry and re warded with plenty every description of peo ple wbile ibis commerce was thus produc tive to an unexampled extent a portion of the general profit should have been applied to prepaiationt for its permanent protection and when it was unjuatly asserted the whole power of th nation should have been exerted for its defence the people recollected the glorioui example of a former a4mini*iratim nsatrra ana tney nave seen the pre en t ad mini.(ration reserving all their strength and all their energies to be employed in the annihilation of that commerce which they ought to protect by a timid and unwarran table compliance with the wishes of a foreign power we are suddenly excluded from the ocean ; our trade is destroyed ; our industry paralitcd ; and poverty and ruin are rapidly overspreading our land centcmplating this state of thing and recollecting their views and objects at the time of adopting the con atitution the people do not require any fur ther argument to convince them that the primary objects of that compact are now ne glected thai their most important interests are wantonly sacrificed and their most essen tial right flagrantly violated but the committee forbear to pursue tlirse reflection it is painful to dwell Â»â– â– thoae evil and distresses which it is out of our | power to relieve the committee are not at pre ant prepared to recommend any adequate and atit(ar.tory remedy which could be ap plied br the two homes of the legislature alone the mot ffi;ient and ptihÂ»ps the only certain remedy rest with the people who will toon have it in their power to unite the whole government of the state in one j'unt effort with other ttates whose interest and object are similar to our own lor the np port ami vindication of their ju-t righu by conuitutional and peaceable means cending by their very concussions the poli cy they condemn for if such be the pow er of great-britain to enforce her ordtra to coerce her enemy to execute her blockade tht perfect justification of them may be ' grounded on that power for on what may it be asked rests the acknowledged doctrine legal blockade hut on the power to coerce and distre an enemy i " this power is de clared in convention of the famous armed neutrality formed to establish and impose by force a new liberal maritime code ; to be lawfully exercised when ever a ship cannot en tub blockaded port without imminent dan dtf of being captured and our politician rt>gidtmn ihe british decree though merely retaliatory while they declare that few or none of our ships could possibly escape the vigilance of the british cruisers thus then from this short view which might be extended to a variety of other ex amples of the difference in point of severity between the french and british orders it is apparent that nothing but the grossest and moat wilful partiality could induce mr ma bison our cibinet our foreign ministers and the committee of congress to place the french and bnti-th vrovcniments on a foot ing of equality nr a equally meriting our resent me nt and hos'iliiy but we propose to prÂ»vev*.haither â– is not the smallest pretence for the allegation that â€¢' the french decrees can with justict bt pronounced as retaliations on tht conduct y tht british i britain ever man will now perceive that j the aggressions of france have been unifoi m â– ijr firnt in order of time and most injurious in i heir nature the gross injustice of her | decree of not 1809 wat aggravated by i ha * consideration that we had at that lime Â« . commercial treaty with her ; while with c*i . driain in the following year when hrr reta liatory orden were patted we not only batf no treaty but had just refused to ratify on made by our own minister ; and therefore had no right to expect from the utter an | peculiar respect to neutial cliimi which we neglected to vindicate against the encroach men it of her enemy every man who va lues the welfare of bis country and the ira nor of ita government most regret that tbe first outrage wat not resisted in â€¢ raannet becoming a great and powerful nation suck a course would in any event have removed all occasion or pretence fur retaliatory mcia sure on the part of the other belligerent $ and would have prevented our being rmbroiu ed at the same time wi-h the two most pÂ»w , erful nations if the world it would alÂ«o h<v produced anothct most salutary t fleet ; it would have paved us from the danger of all alliance with france which experience hat shown u mure to be deprecated than a war wi'h sny nation on the globe the committee cannot dismiss this ubject without observing that from < he known apt rit and patriotism of the people of this states they will undoubtedly alway be re&dy wi'tt their lives and fortunes to defend the country in any just and necessary war ; but they will require of their rulers to shew them that the war is just and necessary and from the pur tlal disclosure ma^e by the government of their negotiation with theÂ»e two nations the public we apprehend arc bynomeantÂ»ni red that a liberal and impartial poliry and a sincere dl position to conciliate on i.ur part would not at once pi event the isces.ity of a war with great-ui >* i and secuie to ua from that nation the entire ic-peci that is due to all our just rights at to the third subject men i rud in he petitions the late act for enior ing the em burgo the commitne have examined it with great attention the first remark it it calculated to excite is that a y tem of po licy which requires such violent arbitiai y and uunrec 1 â€” ' â– . , â€” w exrciitinn must be in the hiroe^t decree ra pugnant to the frrlinic and habit of iht p o pie if not hostile to their dearest intereata and even if thit policy was admi.ted to b founded on the soundest reason and the moÂ«t correct motives yet no man could ju<u lily the numerous violutiunt of natural civil liberty and of constitutional risjlite which are authorised by this act the people of this commotiwealth in eta tablishing their constitution have setn fi o declure and set foith certain natural right > of a free citizen and certain fandamt ntal prin ciple of a free government it it p uiful to observe how many of these rights and princi pies are violated or disregarded by the acl under contideratiotu it it declared in the i oth article of the cle deration cf ihe>e rightt that " each iadirw dual of the society has â– ritÂ»ht to be protected by it in the enjoyment of hi life iiber.y and proper'y accr rding to ttunding law by the econd section of this act vf cunpnwt no vessel ran be laden without ihe special per munon of i he collector wliku that c.oiui ot ia authuri ed to grim or rÂ«tu at hit ji creiioii and even f.en from hi knt'wl v of rhuructrr and ci>'uiini*uni e he may in it it safe an'1 proper 10 ir'ati su b t>cni'~sn,ti t he is prohi'irtd f-'.tn di.u i si , 1 r prt--i dent of ihe unin-d s*Â«ie liall tia*r gi en ln tlrueliofli l the toniraiy py hf i re >â€¢ t turn of theÂ«ame act uwntt l vessel alita dy ladrn are n quired to pivc boncia in %\Â» times the value of thr tls-.ii uiut canto ui 3

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unude the veÂ»Â»tl ; ncn wht-n thr uw'ntt i compliance with this unjust rckulmion k Â» irnr.uteri and oflvrtd thr bund uquirrd the cliee'or may rtfu e to receive it umlhjr his own arbitmry ntiiii4dte,c nipcl the unl â€¢! g of the cargo i'htii thr litws which tt-gu late the list and enjoy ment of out pn.pcity instead of ben e sending and pfi-mcn nt may be at muiubtt ai d unc ertain as ihe whim and 1'eclnrs of an t'xectlt vr officer can ri-nder them what i allow d on one day may be unlavvfitl on the nÂ«x and what i primi'trd to one citizen ni:i under rircnmstanci 1 p'e cisely siniil.tr be refined to ano'her m â– n and trn.p'iiiiom will be presrntid to tin i ffi ecru of government lor indulkint the a ci ty of political hatred and tht lancotirnt pera aonal resentmrnta ; and a petty tyrant ntajr he raised in almost every town to whotr Â«â€¢Â»â€¢ price and malevolence uur rooat imporunt rights m.iy be subjected by the 1 li h article of our declaration pf rights it i declared " that evriy tut j-ct f the commonwealth ou^ht to find Â» certain remedy by hÂ»ving ren.nrse to the laws for ii injuries or wrong whii h he may receive in his per on property or character but i bvthe 10th section of thi la'e act when arf i officer ia tued on account of hia proceeding under it instead of relying on the law ha ' may produce the restrictions and regulation lj pf the president far hi jiutificatiaa mat frm **Â« buttm cmtiw the amrklysm waar pmt diplomat disft*%n t ticfnj t|e ffm^h dtml wight on the mm mmd prizmed a nsuliation on the pre tmg conduct of great-britain ar mtdimttfttter u qeiu armstrcnf the eotimant and concession contained % um forcgring extract ia full as mean ejld oogbt to caxile aa general indignation to tbf same gentleman declaration to m r . tiÂ»avrl|tti h fraar mm mt*v and mint tmtu 7ibb hihs *Â» *â€¢â€¢ ewshieetflen or ttoi con ession will be 19 b forever ail our claims sredre cot capture or injurie sustain under the berlin and milan decrees and a furnish the french with not only pretexta at justification for any future vioutions of ur right it ia not however my present purpose to display the rashness and impolicy not taaacaeat of thi conduct it ia swaenvht to say that in any other govern ment it would cost the officer hit character ajjd employment if not his life it i at present proposed to prove that hi argument aad concession to france u hotly aulousvieil end that prance her elf baa never set up any such pretensions except through the medium of her american tervents before we examine the truth of thi pro crsition it may be useful to consider the rce of the terms used by mr madison the evident object of our sectetary as well in thi letter aa in the late report of the ooamiuec probably furnished by him i la place the injuriea of france and great britain on on tquol footing or even fur ther to a give a darker shade to those of the letter he had just been speaking of the principle of retaliation urged by g eat britain an juttilcation of her orders of mov 1 1 1307 ma then adds that the " french decree tsight en the mate ground be pronounced a retaliation on the preceding conduct of g britain that iato aay that the trench decrees might with equal justice not simply frettstdtd to be hut pronounced a retaliation jo the brillih conduct in still simpler ian ' guagc france can es justly defend her ber a i is alway bett to simplify proposi tion aa be a possible before we proceed t prove the toial falsity of this position we hall remark that even if it had been true tiiat the two decree atand in thi respect in jaws dtliii in equal fault still the circum atutces under which they were respectively * issued ought to have excited ten rime the ' indignation against france as against great britain instead of drawing forth laboured bolocia in favor of the former svrrt with france we had a commer cia.l treaty purchased at an immense rice tae sacrifice of the claim of our r.iti itneto the amount of at least twen ty millions or dollars thi treaty ex fretslj toasxdj this precise form of injury which buonaparte ha adopted this wa be first instance in which we had ever had eny occasion to resort to the stipulations in or favor i and in thi fint instance are they hamelessly and without apology violated : vor doe france pretend a violation on our art to justify the outrage lef the govern ment shew any formal complaint nrvthe part v france prior to the berlin decree ; and without auch complaint no such measure wtfld legally have been resorted to even if 1 other teapects justifiable with great-britain we were not only unit ed by no treaty but we had rejected under fheanoat extraordinary circumstances a con vention which had been agreed to by our own minister and which would have placed our commerce and prosperity on the most mcure footing we had moreover done vary thing o force that government into a tuolaratioe of war and our existing state a the moment of issuing her orders n at least on our tide that of an enemy or one disposed to be an enemy we had inter dicted the entry of her public hips while we admitted those of her enemy ; and we had gone a far a il was thought our people would bear in the system of coercion by jim importation of her manufactures so far then we had no right to expect friendship from that cabinet and of course much less reason to be irritated at any measure she sight adopt of an unfriendly nature sttondlj france not only gave us no no tice prior to the operation of her dectees hut by a policy truly gallican she allured us into her ports by pretending that they should ot operate against us but when she found 4he bad a competent quantity of game with ht ber reach ahe sprang the trap and seized our unwary and deluded feuow-utisuns thi eaisure and loÂ»s must be attributed to the in conceivable blindness or wilful submission 1 four cabinet to the views of france they ajtecud to consider or really believed thi 4w veiled and syren like declaration of france linear they by this conduct as uted to decoy our unhappy cu'imm i and shinned to trow their errort thcjr even at the present moment choose to cenaider tha france ha chmgÂ«e without limitation as to extent ; they em braced every dependency and colony of u britain throughout the world but those of great-britain left open to us the extensive colonies of her enemies ; and in short every source of trade which wit essential to our comlort and even prospe rity it has been represented for party purpos e that all this trade is upon the condition of paying her a â€¢' tribute and even the laie committee of congress hav given a color to this aviertion it ii however not true the duties demanded by her add which are fauely called a " tribute are only demanda blc in case we voluntarily go to great-uritain and request a clearance for the continental port she blockades this is mere nominal a mere point of h onor between her 8c france because if great britain permitted you lo go france would not her decrees confis cate your property for the singl crime of having been in a critish port the case therefore c*n never happen ; and she knew well that it never would happen why thap was it imposed i a a point of honor between her and her enemy her enemy said ni neutral shall ever enter the p-.irta of england i will capture and condemn them great britain in reply says no neu tral who has submitted to this usurpation of france shall go thither without fir-t enter ing my ports and i wilt ut the products bound to my enemy which will enhance the price if he chooses to admit it and yet strange to relate this qualification or modi fication ia renrpaeoi jf ~* ~" *Â» tsf our impartial government as more op pressive more iasulting than if it hud been an absolute prohibition ! but i repeat it this is merely a uommm provision ;â€” for it could operate only in ease france should repeal her decree in which case the whole fabrick ia destroyed but it does not apply to the vase commerce of spain portugal sweden the east and wes'.-indies and all the neutral ports of the world fourthly france declare at d'tfranthited forever all american ships which at any time after the decree shall have vi'ited â€¢ bri tish port the efflict of this would be either that a distinct set ot ships must have been kept for the trade of each country or if g britain had not issued her order in the course of four or five years every american ' ship would have been interdicted the trade of france the men who are so ulive to the degradation of a " tribute which never has been and never can be ex icted are not only iasennible to this insult and violation of our ! treaty but our minister openly with the countenance of mr madison ju".ify it aa a mere municipal regulation what are we not entitled by treaty to visit freely the ports of the enemies f france f and are we not esÂ«ible toatt>rd some tem porary alleviation to ilie publje distresses ask leave to reserve this object of their commit iÂ«n for further consideration report if tht commmet 9 the legislators of mdssjchtrisrrt coiiliucd from oar liq ] the prople of this state have hern most severely disappointed in thii expectation the commerce of the country bÂ«t furnished almost the whole revenue of the u states has given vigor k energy to the government has encouraged universal industry and re warded with plenty every description of peo ple wbile ibis commerce was thus produc tive to an unexampled extent a portion of the general profit should have been applied to prepaiationt for its permanent protection and when it was unjuatly asserted the whole power of th nation should have been exerted for its defence the people recollected the glorioui example of a former a4mini*iratim nsatrra ana tney nave seen the pre en t ad mini.(ration reserving all their strength and all their energies to be employed in the annihilation of that commerce which they ought to protect by a timid and unwarran table compliance with the wishes of a foreign power we are suddenly excluded from the ocean ; our trade is destroyed ; our industry paralitcd ; and poverty and ruin are rapidly overspreading our land centcmplating this state of thing and recollecting their views and objects at the time of adopting the con atitution the people do not require any fur ther argument to convince them that the primary objects of that compact are now ne glected thai their most important interests are wantonly sacrificed and their most essen tial right flagrantly violated but the committee forbear to pursue tlirse reflection it is painful to dwell Â»â– â– thoae evil and distresses which it is out of our | power to relieve the committee are not at pre ant prepared to recommend any adequate and atit(ar.tory remedy which could be ap plied br the two homes of the legislature alone the mot ffi;ient and ptihÂ»ps the only certain remedy rest with the people who will toon have it in their power to unite the whole government of the state in one j'unt effort with other ttates whose interest and object are similar to our own lor the np port ami vindication of their ju-t righu by conuitutional and peaceable means cending by their very concussions the poli cy they condemn for if such be the pow er of great-britain to enforce her ordtra to coerce her enemy to execute her blockade tht perfect justification of them may be ' grounded on that power for on what may it be asked rests the acknowledged doctrine legal blockade hut on the power to coerce and distre an enemy i " this power is de clared in convention of the famous armed neutrality formed to establish and impose by force a new liberal maritime code ; to be lawfully exercised when ever a ship cannot en tub blockaded port without imminent dan dtf of being captured and our politician rt>gidtmn ihe british decree though merely retaliatory while they declare that few or none of our ships could possibly escape the vigilance of the british cruisers thus then from this short view which might be extended to a variety of other ex amples of the difference in point of severity between the french and british orders it is apparent that nothing but the grossest and moat wilful partiality could induce mr ma bison our cibinet our foreign ministers and the committee of congress to place the french and bnti-th vrovcniments on a foot ing of equality nr a equally meriting our resent me nt and hos'iliiy but we propose to prÂ»vev*.haither â– is not the smallest pretence for the allegation that â€¢' the french decrees can with justict bt pronounced as retaliations on tht conduct y tht british i britain ever man will now perceive that j the aggressions of france have been unifoi m â– ijr firnt in order of time and most injurious in i heir nature the gross injustice of her | decree of not 1809 wat aggravated by i ha * consideration that we had at that lime Â« . commercial treaty with her ; while with c*i . driain in the following year when hrr reta liatory orden were patted we not only batf no treaty but had just refused to ratify on made by our own minister ; and therefore had no right to expect from the utter an | peculiar respect to neutial cliimi which we neglected to vindicate against the encroach men it of her enemy every man who va lues the welfare of bis country and the ira nor of ita government most regret that tbe first outrage wat not resisted in â€¢ raannet becoming a great and powerful nation suck a course would in any event have removed all occasion or pretence fur retaliatory mcia sure on the part of the other belligerent $ and would have prevented our being rmbroiu ed at the same time wi-h the two most pÂ»w , erful nations if the world it would alÂ«o h* i and secuie to ua from that nation the entire ic-peci that is due to all our just rights at to the third subject men i rud in he petitions the late act for enior ing the em burgo the commitne have examined it with great attention the first remark it it calculated to excite is that a y tem of po licy which requires such violent arbitiai y and uunrec 1 â€” ' â– . , â€” w exrciitinn must be in the hiroe^t decree ra pugnant to the frrlinic and habit of iht p o pie if not hostile to their dearest intereata and even if thit policy was admi.ted to b founded on the soundest reason and the moÂ«t correct motives yet no man could ju of a free citizen and certain fandamt ntal prin ciple of a free government it it p uiful to observe how many of these rights and princi pies are violated or disregarded by the acl under contideratiotu it it declared in the i oth article of the cle deration cf ihe>e rightt that " each iadirw dual of the society has â– ritÂ»ht to be protected by it in the enjoyment of hi life iiber.y and proper'y accr rding to ttunding law by the econd section of this act vf cunpnwt no vessel ran be laden without ihe special per munon of i he collector wliku that c.oiui ot ia authuri ed to grim or rÂ«tu at hit ji creiioii and even f.en from hi knt'wl v of rhuructrr and ci>'uiini*uni e he may in it it safe an'1 proper 10 ir'ati su b t>cni'~sn,ti t he is prohi'irtd f-'.tn di.u i si , 1 r prt--i dent of ihe unin-d s*Â«ie liall tia*r gi en ln tlrueliofli l the toniraiy py hf i re >â€¢ t turn of theÂ«ame act uwntt l vessel alita dy ladrn are n quired to pivc boncia in %\Â» times the value of thr tls-.ii uiut canto ui 3